7. PERCIS. 241 



spotted with broAvn, each spot with black centre ; anal black -edged : 

 ventral colourless. 



East Indian and Louisiade Archipelago. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago. Voyage of H.M.8. 



Rattlesnake. 

 h. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



9. Percis tetracanthus. 



? Bodianus tetracantluis, Lacep. iv. pp. 285, 302. 

 Percis tetracanthus, Bleak. Batav. p. 458. 



D. 4 I 21. A. 18. L, lat. 65. 



The height of the body is eight times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 4^ ; the distance between the eyes is one-third the length 

 of the snout ; the ventral fins reach slightly beyond the origin of tlie 

 anal. Coloration similar to that of P. cmiceUata ; caudal dotted mth 

 brown, and with a large white blotch on its posterior half; ventrals 

 yellowish. 



Seas of Java, Amboyna, and of the Feejee Islands. 



a. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



h. e. Adult and half-grown. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



10. Percis millepunctata. 



D. 4 I 21. A. 18. L. lat. &2. L. transv. 4/8. 



The height of the body is 7f in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times. The width of the interorbital space is one-fourth 

 of the length of the snout. The second and third dorsal spines are 

 the longest, much shorter than the intermaxillaiy bone ; the ventrals 

 reach to the vent. Bydy with many blackish dots, not banded ; snout 

 and lips blackish. 



Coast of Ceylon. 



a. Eighty lines long : not good state. Ceylon. From the Collection 

 of Messrs. von Schlagintweit. 



B. Tlie posterior dorsal sjiines equal to, or lonf/er th/ui, the nikldle ones. 

 11. Percis sexfasciata. 

 Temm. 8f Schleg. Faitn. Japo>i. Poiss. p. 26. 



r>. ^. A. 21. L. lat. 67. 



The distance between the eyes is one-half of theii- diameter. The 

 ventrals reach to the vent ; the four posterior dorsal spines of equal 

 length, and half the height of the soft dorsal. Prteopereiilum with 

 three small spines at the angle. On each sitie are six vertical brown 

 bands, bifurcated above, each being composed of three spots, the in- 

 ferior of which is single,-«nd double the size of the upper ones. A dark 

 spot on the upper angle of the root of the caudal ; the soft dorsal with 

 eight blackish spots along the base ; ventrals brownish. (Schln/.) 



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